from sundials to atomic clocks, the fascinating history of timekeeping and how our discoveries changed the world
Barnett, Jo Ellen
1999
Provides information and anecdotes about the history of time, examining the planetary basis of Earth's days and how it relates to the development of clocks; and looks at ideas about the past--and the nature of time itself--that people have come up with throughout the ages.
Paula Johnson brings her ailing, elderly mother-in-law to live with her family, and struggles to build a relationship with the tough old woman who only wants to go home.
African American writer and feminist Alice Walker presents a collection of thirty-six personal and political essays exploring the theories and practices of feminists and feminism incorporating her own idea of the "womanist" tradition of black women.
T., a thirteen-year-old math prodigy, is summoned to the Smithsonian on Good Friday 1939, where scientists are working furiously to develop the atomic bomb, and discovers that he holds the key to both the secrets of nuclear fission and time travel.
Biography of John Lewis, civil rights worker and member of the House of Representatives, discussing his participation in several events in the civil rights movement during the 1960s and 1970s and his terms as a congressman from Georgia during the late 1980s and 1990s.
Presents the slave narrative of Harriet A. Jacobs, published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, and includes commentary about the people and places discussed by the author, as well as photographs and a selection of letters.
Arlene Blum, the first woman to attempt to climb Mt. Everest, recalls her childhood in Chicago and the experiences that fueled her need to become a high-altitude mountain climber, and discusses her groundbreaking accomplishments on the slopes.
